Wichita eagle., 1887-01-30
COMING SUMMER
But Won't Wichita be Lively,
Thought
A Few Hints and Pointers About
Which Every body Knows.

In going half dozen or more squares
along either Of the most busy thorough
fares of Wichita, one viii meet many hun
dreds of people The most ancient ano
best posted citizens cannot name one per
son ia ten SO encountered. They are utter
strangers, strangers to our people and
strangers to each other. Among the
thousands Of faces that go to make up the
ever moving throng are to be seen the
shrewd phz of the New Engladner, the
complainant face of the business man ofthe
middle states, and the self-contaiued coun
tenance of the successful Kentucky gen.
tleman. The men and the women who
with liberal hands laid the foundations OF
this city so broad and deep, are Of as little
account in the estimation of the eager crowd
that goes rushing along our sidewalks
As the pert urchin who halls you with
"ere's yer mornin' EAGLE-all about jim
Ingalls, speech" There are more metro
politan ways, airs and spirit to be seen In
the streets of Wichita Than in any city OF
the west outside of Chicago or Minneapolis.
Take the best of them and the presence OF
a dozen strangers will attract attention.
Who are all these strange men and Whal
are they in Wichita for need not be re-
counted For year their numbers have
been increasing They are nine out of ten
bright, experienced capitalists; men who
in helping to doveiOpe other great Giles
have made fortunes, and whose expert
knowledge and keen scent have unerringy
led them to another coming great metropo-
lis. And won't it be lively though?
These men represent every conceivable
line of business, industry, trade and profes-
sion, and they come with all the necessary
capital to engage in and to make plants for
their respective interests; and won't she be
live y though?
There were twenty-seven eastern banker S
registered at various Wichita hotels yester-
day morning, aud there arc scores and
hundreds Of capitalists, spectators, mcI> ,
chants, contractors and builders and inves- |!
tors all strangers but all imbued with the
conviction Of Nichits's coming greatness,
and all getting ready 10 put themselves on
a solid basis in the great city Of Kansas.
And won't things be lively though!
These capitalists and business men, these
merchants and bankers are buying ont
some of the oldest and most desirable bust
ness buildings in the city only to tear them
down and replace them with metropolitan
edifices; these contractors are here making
arrangements to bring on their artizans
and mechanics, and wont it be lively next
summer, though,
The great Opera House is to go up; the
government building is to go up; the Gar
field University is TO 60 up; the Reform
University is go up; the Congregational
Female College is TO go up; the big blocks
on Fourth avenue are to go up, some OF |
them five stories high; the great blocks on !
east Douglas are TO go up, some of them |
six stories high; the dozen three and four
story blocks on north Main are to go up, |
and up; and the big brick and stone fronts
on South Main and South Market, seven inn
mense buildings are to go up; and the 7.
ii. G. A building on First street Is 10 60
up; and the big blocks and the two bank |
buildings over on the west side are to so |
mp; and. between one and two hundred
other business rooms and buildings are to
go up, with athousand residences all about,
out on College Hill, over on Charming
Riverside, over on the West side, and up
and down on dozen other additions, and
all next summer. and but won't there be
lively times in Wichita next summer,
though
The Rock Island will roll her palace car
trains and her long. heavy through
frcights into Wichita this summer;
the Missouri Pacific will link to Wich-
tia thirteen western counties this
summer; the money for the purchase of The
terminal facilities for the Midland which is
to link 10 us six northern counties the COM
ing year is on deposit in one of our banks;
the RICH; of way is being rapidly purchas
ed for the new Wichita & Kansas City
Short Line-said TO be the c. b. & Q. r.
r. the Santa Fe will within ninety days
give Wichita direct through route TO
Galveston and the Gulf; the Cedayvale cut
OF bonds for the ID. & A. are being voted;
the Winfield & Wichita will soon be closed
up and the thousands Of people and the
millions of money which all these will add
to Wichita in the immediate future are as
good as secured now
But wont Michita be lively though,